Warhammer Vermintide 2 Review

[Michael {United Critics}]

🎮Gameplay	10	Tremendously amusing.
📷Graphics	10	Have fun looking at a screen covered with blood.
🎧Narration/Audio	7.5	Not an immersive segment.
😮Variety	9	Basic concept remains the same but the levels change dynamically.
🎰Re-playability	10	Can easily start a level and replay it with different lobby players.
💲Price	8.5	It goes on sale like every month!

📝Story/Plot without spoilers:

Well, if you are craving for a suspenseful story with timely twists and mind-boggling story outcomes, then I’m sorry my friend. In a monstrous bloodthirsty battlefield, ripping your enemies’ throats is the only story outcome. In a scenario of kill-or-be-killed, Vermintide vaguely introduces a tribe vs tribe plot setup. The Heroes of Ubersreik take on Skaven hordes of Clan Fester, Rotblood army and the Beastmen (Part of expansion). Will you taste the terrified souls of your enemies through your weapon or decay in some random corner like a dead loser?

🎮Gameplay:

The intro/tutorial-
I hate long and boring tutorials popping huge as* paragraphs on my screen. Thankfully, Vermintide 2 knows how to immerse the player in learning the game while being careful about the boundarieswas. A mix of cinematics with the ongoing dialogues and controls-learning is the best combination to start gameplay. After getting the hold on controls and experiencing the beautiful level designing, you are good to select your own path of game style.

Basic formula-
Warhammer Vermintide 2 perpetuates the same classic formula of horde gaming. Choose your character, know the attack abilities and survive the never-ending hordes of monsters. Along the way, you can always patch up with in-game potions and resources. But how long can you continue this same old formula? Well, it works pretty amazingly here because the emotion of slashing a monster in a video game is always a thrill to your heart. It doesn’t matter how many monsters you will kill. There’s never enough bloodshed that you can’t take upon.

More than just spamming weapons-
If it was a firearm related game, then ammo could have been the suspenseful aspect. But Warhammer Vermintide 2 deals with swordplay & magical weapons. The most amount of gunpowder you can smell is only from a pistol. With sheer focus on swordplay and magical weapons, there can be circumstances of spamming the attack key. Some characters might feel spammy, but overall, it’s a nicely done job. Mix and match weapon cooldowns like shooting fireballs, but if the bar fills, you will burn yourself and get knocked down. Pretty sweet right?

Possibilities of grinding-
This is the first pillar for a re-playability setup. Completing a level will grant you in-game chests & rewards. Played some levels with the basic gear? Well, it’s time to upgrade the crap outta your character, as the newer levels will be more ferocious. Unlock multiple talents, craft new weapons, gather minerals, open crates, or even get some new attire coz why not? It’s always fun to slay monsters when you are well dressed. Without going too detailed about the crafting mechanism, let’s just say, bring minerals and craft items with varied stats.

Difficulty in solo and multiplayer-
In the initial stages, I played solo with AI teammates. It was easy for me, as I am familiar with First-person hack and slash games. But further down the line, I got knocked down twice by the machine gun something monster. The AI teammates did revive me, but it was a hell of a job. All monsters were rushing at me and ignoring the AI. So it was clear I should play with friends. And it turned out one of the best co-op experiences I ever had. We were having a good time and you will too.

📷Graphics:

Gore, gore and some more gore. Your whole screen will just go blood red. But when you will wipe all that blood off, it’s gonna be a battlefield occurring on beautiful landscapes. From the streets of a medieval town to dirty underground tunnels smelling of fear and death. Oh boy, it’s gonna be a journey for your mind and your eyes. The lighting is perfect, but there’s a drastic change in quality options. The highest graphic quality is nowhere similar to the lowest one. So, trust your rig before trusting the game screenshots.

📝Main Pros and Cons:

Pros-

• Fun to play.
  
• Possibilities of grind or normal play.
  
• Different characters with varied arsenal and abilities.
  
• No level requirement for co-op play, just invite and play.
  
• Horde based levels.
  
• Dynamic levels with amazing graphic quality.

Cons-

• Okayish AI teammates.
  
• Not enjoyable in solo.
  
• Can feel repetitive if you don’t focus on crafting.

🏷️Tips to new players:

I always go for area damage characters, as the whole point of the game is to survive hordes. Keep your eyes open for resources like health potion, haste potion etc. that you can find in the corners of levels or straight-up in a crate. The blocking mechanism is very important as you can block simultaneous multiple attacks. Enemies have weak points too, so be smart about it!

✉️Miscellaneous Information:

Hero’s Power-
Hero Power is the only attribute of your character. This stat impacts damage dealt, the number of enemies you damage with one strike, and the level of instability that allows enemies to fall on the ground - of course, the higher the hero’s power, the better.

Okri's Challenges-
Okri’s Challenges are several quests and challenges that allow the player to earn extra loot, cosmetics, and paintings by completing them. Quests are time-bound tasks that reward the player with Shillings which can be used to purchase cosmetics From Franz Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders. Quests are divided into Daily, Weekly, and Event quests.

Chaos Wastes-
How about a roguelike mode? Explore the Chaos Wastes together with your fellow heroes in this new rogue-lite inspired game mode. Build your team from the ground up, decide your tactics together and prepare for the unexpected. The farther your team progresses, the greater the reward, but beware: failure to reach the expedition’s end may rob you of the fruits of your labour.

Info about DLCs-
Usually, the DLCs suck, but the expansion DLCs here are amazing and entirely increase the gameplay hours of this game. Not only do they provide additional levels but new difficulty options with different modes too. Of course, skin DLCs are player dependent, but they are not that important additions.

😇Honest Rating:

It’s good stuff with promising new updates coming down the line. Hopefully, the devs will be successful in surprising the player base in a positive way. Even the current stage is perfect enough to have hefty amount of hours.

Rating: 9.5/10

Reviewer: Guri
Know your place rat.